Russia's largest private bank Alfa-Bank tests cryptocurrency trading services.

Data from prediction market platform Predict.fun shows that the 2026 United States-Canada-Mexico FIFA World Cup quarterfinal will feature a match between France and Morocco. As of press time, the market assigns France a roughly 77% chance of advancing, while Morocco’s probability stands at around 22%, with traders overall favoring France to reach the semifinals. Notably, France, led by Kylian Mbappé’s forward line, has maintained its strong attacking form in the tournament, while Morocco has continued to display tenacious defensive resilience, sustaining its competitiveness in World Cup knockout rounds in recent years. The two sides previously clashed in the 2022 Qatar World Cup semifinals, where France won 2-0 to advance to the final. Now meeting again, whether Morocco can exact revenge or France will continue its push for a title defense will be the biggest highlight of this match.

Cross-chain protocol Owlto announced it will fully support the construction of the Robinhood Chain ecosystem, offering cross-chain bridges, swaps, smart contract deployment, and infrastructure support for decentralized applications (dApps) including DeFi and Meme. Owlto noted the platform currently boasts over 3 million on-chain users, more than 100 ecosystem partners, and cumulative cross-chain transaction volume exceeding $13 billion. The team believes Robinhood Chain, backed by tokenized real-world assets (RWA), its Meme ecosystem, and 24/7 on-chain trading capabilities, has the potential to emerge as a key catalyst for the next crypto market growth cycle, and publicly extended a cooperation invitation to the Robinhood Chain team to jointly advance cross-chain interoperability, liquidity development, and ecosystem application growth.

Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings has announced it currently has no plans for direct investments in crypto assets, with its future investment focus set on the artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Nagi Hamiyeh, Temasek’s global investment president, stated the firm manages approximately S$518 billion (around US$400 billion) in assets, and plans to raise the proportion of AI-related investments in its portfolio from 6% in the first quarter of 2026 to 15% by 2031. He noted that the AI investment cycle remains in its early stages, holding long-term growth potential over the coming decades, though valuations in some sub-segments have outpaced their underlying fundamentals. On crypto assets, Hamiyeh said Temasek currently holds no direct crypto investments, and any future moves in the space will hinge on developments in the global regulatory environment. He also emphasized that while Temasek will not invest in crypto assets, the firm continues to track the application potential of blockchain technology in the real economy, and believes the true value of AI lies in enterprise adoption and business ecosystem development, rather than relying solely on cutting-edge models.

Iranian state media reported that the area surrounding Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant was hit by U.S. artillery fire. The Iranian Labour News Agency (ILNA) stated that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has launched ultra-heavy missiles from across the country, targeting U.S. bases stationed in Arab countries in the Persian Gulf. Explosions have been reported at Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base and its port area.

edgeX announced it has recently completed a new round of organizational restructuring and is continuously recruiting core talents in engineering, risk control, product, and other key fields. Meanwhile, the platform is bringing in new partners, advancing cooperation in areas including liquidity, asset onboarding, deposit onramps, market expansion, and ecosystem development to further strengthen its global operational capabilities. Following the restructuring, edgeX will continue to enhance its platform security architecture and risk control systems, improve information disclosure, and boost on-chain verifiability, further elevating the platform’s stability, security, and transparency. On the product front, edgeX will prioritize expanding RWA trading pairs, deepening liquidity, and launching leveraged ETFs. Additionally, the platform will support multi-asset deposits via Circle’s onboarding tool and keep expanding on-ramp channels to lower user entry barriers and improve the global user fund onboarding experience. Furthermore, edgeX will roll out features such as copy trading and AI Agent trading to enhance retail users’ trading efficiency and experience. The platform noted that its team is still expanding and its product roadmap will continue to progress. Going forward, edgeX will focus on building around security, transparency, efficiency, and 24/7 global trading experience, and will announce more updates on its team, products, and ecosystem partnerships.

According to Coinbase’s official status page, the platform has noticed that some users are temporarily unable to place trades on its Prediction Markets feature via web and mobile channels. Coinbase stated that its team is investigating and resolving the issue, with no specific timeline for service restoration provided.